I haven't done one of these since LJ was hip

How old are you?
51. I have to do the math repeatedly because somehow I don't believe that number.

Tattoos?
Not on purpose. But if the criterion is organic material injected deeply enough into the skin to leave a permanent mark, then yes. I did it through an explosive rather than a needle. I recommend against that.

Ever hit a deer?
I hit an elk once. It went 'oof'. I did too. It and its comrades kindly refrained from goring me while I was getting back up and on my bicycle.

Ridden in an ambulance?
Does a flight for life count? How about if I don't remember it?

Sang karaoke?
Not officially.

Ice skated?
I mostly would skate over to where the really dangerous holes in the ice were and poke around there until some adult yelled at me.

Ridden a motorcycle?
I've had a motorcycle endorsement on my driver's license since 1987, which was the last time I rode a motorcycle, alas.

Stayed in hospital?
I only found out about four years ago how long I was in the hospital after the big car crash. I had lived for a decade thinking it was only three or four days.

Skipped school?
Oodles.

Last phone call?
State Farm and I are having a long discussion over how my house is insured, because I want it insured for its present value, not its purchase value, in case it falls in the swamp and burns down, which seems increasingly likely.

Last text from?
A pokemon go friend who desperately wants to have lunch so we can trade pokemon.

Watched someone die?
No.

Pepsi or Coke?
Coke, specifically diet coke that uses Splenda. The molecular structure of Splenda makes chemists wince, but I've read a _lot_ about sweeteners.

Favorite pie?
Almost any. I wasn't big on the lucky charms pie my friend made, but that's about it.

Favorite pizza?
Blue Pan, Highlands district of Denver.

Favorite season?
I'm torn between June 21 (the longest day of the year) and August 10 (the hottest). In there somewhere.

Broken bones?
Jaw, collarbone, pelvis, femur, scapula, humerus, are the ones I have not broken. I remember being in the hospital, and the doctor showing me the x-ray of my torso and saying "I can't find a rib that isn't broken in multiple places." The time they had to bolt my tibia back together hurt the worst, but the broken metatarsil was the grossest.

Received a ticket?
I consider it a gold star year when I don't get a ticket. 2018 was a gold star year. 2014 was the previous one.

Favorite color?
Cobalt blue, more specifically RAL #58.

Sunset or sunrise?
I would stay up to sunrise on a regular basis if I had a different job.

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As I was leaving work, this Pretty Good Horned Owl buzzed me, and then settled into a tree. I'm sorry I don't have a better camera in the car.

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Driving to work yesterday sucked. We got a large amount of snow here, taller than my snowblower, and it was still snowing heavily when I headed to work. Up at work there was virtually no snow at all, so the in-between was very heavy slush. At some point, enough slush and ice lodged beneath my car and froze that it displaced a long flexible heat shield that covers the exhaust system. (This is because occasionally people actually drive these cars offroad and park them and the hot exhaust starts grass fires.) So now the heat shield is touching the driveshaft and making awful noises.
This car has been nonstop difficulty.
Anyway. Today I drove the old car, the one that failed ALL THE EMISSIONS TESTS, and I was glad I had it to drive, because I was trying to donate it to the local radio station and their criteria for donation ("They said donating was easy, and it was even easier!") keep getting tighter and tighter, so I have yet to finish that process, and driving into work in the Spitfire when it's this far below freezing is a daunting idea. So is cycling through ankle-deep piles of ice and slush.

Here's an interesting, unexpected consequence: as I was leaving, our silicon design manager walked by, wearing a huge puffy coat and a big knitted cap and snow pants. I was all "...are you riding home?" because he often commutes by bike, and he said "no, I'm driving" and I was all "you look like you're about to go skiing" and he laughed and said "I have an electric car, and using the heater reduces its range."